- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
"We're waiting for the boxes" is an ancient Bungie gag that people who remember the Maratho 1 release will get. Bungie delayed Marathon 1's release for quite a long time claiming that they were waiting for the boxes, the game was done they just couldn't ship it yet without boxes... turns out they had a huge stack of boxes there while rushing to finish the game. So when release dates are pending, especially questionably, the phrase "we're waiting for the boxes" becomes poignant.
The "in two weeks" thing is a related joke - catalogues are required by law to tell you release dates for products you are preordering, but until recently Bungie never gave out release dates (because of the Marathon 1 fiasco). So when you called to preorder it from anyone, the release date was always "in two weeks", because they had to tell you SOMETHING, by law, even if they had no friggin' clue.
For further information, see "Soon[TM]".